Comparison Overview

GameStop

VS

Barnes & Noble, Inc.

GameStop

625 Westport Pkwy, Grapevine, Texas, 76051, US
Last Update: 2025-12-09
Between 750 and 799

GameStop offers games, entertainment products and technology through its e-commerce properties and stores.

NAICS: 43
NAICS Definition: Retail Trade
Employees: 16,849
Subsidiaries: 2
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
3
Attack type number
1

Barnes & Noble, Inc.

33 E 17th St, New York, US, 10003
Last Update: 2025-12-09

Barnes & Noble proudly serves America with approximately 600 bookstores across all fifty states, and are busy opening newly designed stores in communities nationwide. We are an innovator in publishing, retail, and digital media, including our award-winning NOOK® products and an expansive collection of digital reading and entertainment content. We welcome creative, dedicated, and service-oriented team members who are passionate about being an integral part of our dynamic community and helping it thrive. Whether your expertise is in retail, merchandising, publishing, marketing, technology, or finance, we have a place for you at Barnes & Noble.

NAICS: 43
NAICS Definition: Retail Trade
Employees: 13,816
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
1

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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GameStop
ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
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Barnes & Noble, Inc.
ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
Compliance Summary
GameStop
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Barnes & Noble, Inc.
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Retail Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for GameStop in 2025.

Incidents vs Retail Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Barnes & Noble, Inc. in 2025.

Incident History — GameStop (X = Date, Y = Severity)

GameStop cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — Barnes & Noble, Inc. (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Barnes & Noble, Inc. cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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GameStop
Incidents

Date Detected: 06/2017
Type:Breach
Motivation: Data Theft
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 2/2017
Type:Breach
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 8/2016
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Unauthorized Access
Blog: Blog
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Barnes & Noble, Inc.
Incidents

Date Detected: 10/2012
Type:Cyber Attack
Attack Vector: Physical Tampering (PIN Pad Devices)
Motivation: Financial Gain (Likely)
Blog: Blog

FAQ

Barnes & Noble, Inc. company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to GameStop company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

GameStop company has faced a higher number of disclosed cyber incidents historically compared to Barnes & Noble, Inc. company.

In the current year, Barnes & Noble, Inc. company and GameStop company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Neither Barnes & Noble, Inc. company nor GameStop company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

GameStop company has disclosed at least one data breach, while the other Barnes & Noble, Inc. company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Barnes & Noble, Inc. company has reported targeted cyberattacks, while GameStop company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither GameStop company nor Barnes & Noble, Inc. company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither GameStop nor Barnes & Noble, Inc. holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

GameStop company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Barnes & Noble, Inc. company.

GameStop company employs more people globally than Barnes & Noble, Inc. company, reflecting its scale as a Retail.

Neither GameStop nor Barnes & Noble, Inc. holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither GameStop nor Barnes & Noble, Inc. holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither GameStop nor Barnes & Noble, Inc. holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither GameStop nor Barnes & Noble, Inc. holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither GameStop nor Barnes & Noble, Inc. holds HIPAA certification.

Neither GameStop nor Barnes & Noble, Inc. holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

NXLog Agent before 6.11 can load a file specified by the OPENSSL_CONF environment variable.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 8.1
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description

uriparser through 0.9.9 allows unbounded recursion and stack consumption, as demonstrated by ParseMustBeSegmentNzNc with large input containing many commas.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 2.9
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Description

A vulnerability was detected in Mayan EDMS up to 4.10.1. The affected element is an unknown function of the file /authentication/. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit is now public and may be used. Upgrading to version 4.10.2 is sufficient to fix this issue. You should upgrade the affected component. The vendor confirms that this is "[f]ixed in version 4.10.2". Furthermore, that "[b]ackports for older versions in process and will be out as soon as their respective CI pipelines complete."

Risk Information
cvss2
Base: 5.0
Severity: LOW
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
cvss3
Base: 4.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
cvss4
Base: 5.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Description

MJML through 4.18.0 allows mj-include directory traversal to test file existence and (in the type="css" case) read files. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-12827.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 4.5
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L
Description

A half-blind Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability exists in kube-controller-manager when using the in-tree Portworx StorageClass. This vulnerability allows authorized users to leak arbitrary information from unprotected endpoints in the control plane’s host network (including link-local or loopback services).

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 5.8
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N